Date: Mon, 12 Jan 98 12:15:19 CST From: hykel@yoda.eng.hou.compaq.com (Richard Hykel) To: rabitdog@kiva.net (Matthew Abel) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compaq Deskpro Message-ID: <m0xroON-000AwZC@yoda.eng.hou.compaq.com> In-Reply-To: <199801092232.RAA32335@sherrill.kiva.net>; from "Matthew Abel" at Jan 9, 98 05:32:44 pm
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It appears that << Matthew Abel >> wrote: > > Will FreeBSD work properly on a Compaq Deskpro 486DX2-66? I saw that it > does not support IBM's microchannel bus. If I am right, I think that Compaq > uses a microchannel bus in their PS/2 motherboards. I have 4 Compaq's that > I was planning on installing FreeBSD onto. I am planning on buying the CD > version from Walnut Creek Archives. I was hoping to find out ahead of time > if there was going to be a problem with the microchannel bus. > > Matthew Abel > rabitdog@kiva.net > 1) Depending upon product and year, Compaq has announced ISA, EISA and PCI architecture systems. To my knowledge, Compaq has never announced a Microchannel architecture system and I have been here over eight years. 2) I have read of users running FreeBSD on various Compaq systems. Search the mailing list archives at www.freebsd.org for 'Compaq'. The mail that I have read indicates they added non-Compaq network &/or SCSI cards. It is unlikely that you will find drivers for Compaq designed network or SCSI circuits for systems designed in the time frame of 486DX2 systems. 3) If you intend to dual boot FreeBSD/Win95, watch out for the Compaq diagnostic partition. This is the non-dos partition at the start of Compaq harddrives and I am usure as to how this will interact with the boot manager. I have not tried FreeBSD on a Compaq box in years. Actually, it was 386BSD 0.1, not FreeBSD. I have been asked to put FreeBSD on a 486DX2-66 in the next several weeks, but it will be FreeBSD only - NOT dual-boot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Hykel Compaq Computer Corporation hykel@twisto.compaq.com MS 050305 Box 692000 Houston, Texas 77269-2000 Disclamer: I express my opinions, not Compaq's. I doubt this will change. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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